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In lieu of the military, many young German men fulfill their commitment as civil service volunteers in and outside of Germany.

Updated At: 5:30 on 10/20/2010The president of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police Wednesday lashed out at Police Superintendent Jody Weis for his handling of an alleged case of police brutality.Mark Donahue is the police union's president.

 Like most kids from West suburban Glen Ellyn, Michelle Dietzler didn't really know what she wanted to do when she grew up.  In college, she changed her major from Large Animal Veterinarian to Journalism.

Santiago Calatrava, 2006 (photo by Lee Bey) The final chapter of the proposed Chicago Spire, that spectacular hard-luck beauty designed by Santiago Calatrava, might very well have been written this week with news that a bank has begun $77 million foreclosure proceedings on the unfinish

A Pentecostal leader with controversial views about homosexuality is jumping into Chicago’s mayoral race. Rev. Wilfredo De Jesús, senior pastor of New Life Covenant Church in Humboldt Park, is planning to announce his candidacy Thursday at the park’s boathouse.

Our look back at highlights and key turning points in the political career of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich continues with the years 2001 through 2005.